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New trans-Nordic fellowship programme on health and sustainability to cement the Nordic region as a leading hub for interdisciplinary, transformative research

AIAS and seven Institutes for Advanced Study in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden will launch a structured, interdisciplinary training and retention…

Solving the bird eye mystery of oxygen-free metabolism in the bird retina

2020-2023 AIAS Fellow Christian Damsgaard contributes with groundbreaking knowledge that explains how a neural tissue can function under chronic…

Eight AIAS-Tandem Visiting Fellows join in the Spring 2026

Through the AIAS-Tandem fellowship programme eight tandem fellows arrive from abroad this semester to explore novel research avenues across…

The Missing Interaction: Science and Diplomacy in the Early Cold War

- Research news

A new inter- and trans-disciplinary book edited by AIAS Science Diplomacy Fellow Maria Rentetzi investigates the entanglements of science and…

AIAS Visiting Fellows for the Spring of 2026 selected

- Knowledge exchange

Five researchers will stay at AIAS via the Visiting Fellowship programme during their sabbatical in the upcoming semester to be immersed in an…

AIAS Science Diplomacy Theme group part of EU Science Diplomacy Conference

The 2nd European Science Diplomacy Conference held in Copenhagen on 17-18 December 2025 focused on a timely topic: ‘Bridging divides in a fragmented…

IEAT Brazil participates in exchange program between Institutes for Advanced Study

Academic advisor Tatiana Queiroz from IEAT-UFMG Brazil visited AIAS as part of the international staff exchange program of the University Based…

Prophetic Histories: Time, Theology, and Theocracy in Solomon Islands

- Publication

The influence of theology and prophecy on political imagination and theocratic constructions of society is the focus in a new book by anthropologist…

From the Arctic to the Antarctic – climate and storytelling in harsh conditions

In the third Science & The Flavour of Aarhus talk, polar researcher and award-winning photographer Jeff Kerby from Scott Polar Research Institute at…

Towards coexistence: human-animal co-construction of behaviour in shared spaces

Humans and animals have always shared spaces, food and lives, but little research sheds light on this coexistence. In a new study, AIAS Fellow,…

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Events

AIAS Seminar: 'Have the genome and sequence it too'

1 Jun
Monday 1 June 2026, at 11:00 AIAS, building 1630, room 301

Speaker: Víctor Quesada Fernández, AIAS Visiting Fellow from Universidad de Oviedo, Spain

InterSensing Vol. 1

2 Jun
Tuesday 2 June 2026, at 08:30 Building 1632, room 212

A one-day interdisciplinary symposium.

PaTHES Conference

2 Jun
2 days, Tuesday 2 June 2026, at 09:00 - 3 June AIAS Auditorium & Hall

Imagining Collective Agency in Higher Education – Higher education futures for All

AIAS Shut Up and Write Sessions

8 Jun
Monday 8 June 2026, at 09:15 AIAS, Building 1632, Room 212

Joint Writing sessions for AIAS Fellows and Associate Fellows, using the Pomodoro technique

AIAS Seminar: 'Researching with Indeterminate AI: Hallucinating, Speculating, Provoking, Abducting Scholarship'

8 Jun
Monday 8 June 2026, at 11:00 AIAS, building 1630, room 301

Speaker: Joseph Dumit, AIAS Visiting Fellow from University of California Davis, USA

Bridging knowledge: the dynamics of interdisciplinarity

9 Jun
Tuesday 9 June 2026, at 08:30 AIAS, Building 1630-1632

The conference offers an opportunity engage in a collective discussion on interdisciplinary collaboration.

Cormorant: A Cultural History of Greed and Prejudice

12 Jun
Friday 12 June 2026, at 14:30 AIAS hall and lounge

Book launch by Gordon McMullan

AIAS at Folkemødet 2026

12 Jun
Friday 12 June 2026, at 14:30 Allinge harbour, Aarhus University research ship Aurora (H6), Bornholm

AIAS hosts an interdisciplinary debate with Magtudredningen 2.0 and Afmagt.dk to discuss disempowerment and empowerment at Folkemødet 2026, an annual…

AIAS Shut Up and Write Sessions

15 Jun
Monday 15 June 2026, at 09:15 AIAS, Building 1632, Room 212

Joint Writing sessions for AIAS Fellows and Associate Fellows, using the Pomodoro technique

AIAS Seminar: 'Activation Points in Organizations'

15 Jun
Monday 15 June 2026, at 11:00 AIAS, building 1630, room 301

Speaker: Tünde Cserpes, AIAS Associate Fellow & Department of Management, Aarhus University

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